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Date: | Thursday 11 May 1944 |
Time: | |
Type: | Bristol Beaufighter Mk VIF |
Owner/operator: | 54 OTU RAF |
Registration: | V8614 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 2miles south of Gordon, Berwickshire, Scotland -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Charterhall, Berwickshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Beaufighter V8614 which crashed after engine failure near Gordon, Berwickshire.
The aircraft had a starboard engine failure on take-off.11.5.1944
Crew:
F/Lt (121.322) John Herbert Taylor METCALF (pilot) RAFVR - killed
F/Lt (77614) Michael John Dunn O'LEARY DFC (Pupil Pilot) RAFVR - killed
W/O (1239309) George Morrell POSTLETHWAITE (Nav/WOp) RAFVR - killed
F/O (153.324) Herbert STEWART (Pupil Nav/WOp) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1.https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?110059-The-16-Airmen-of-Fogo
2.http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=V8614
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
12-Feb-2014 13:57 |
Nepa |
Added |
12-Aug-2014 09:22 |
DB |
Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
10-May-2021 20:32 |
Anon. |
Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |